UE Section C. Q 33-44

Q A Explanation Skill tested
34 C
  1. ¡§Allowed the blaze to spread rapidly¡¨ and ¡§prevented residents form escaping¡¦ are the causes leading to the tragic fire in 1996.
  2. There is another clues: the use of the register: ¡§fire¡¨ and ¡§blaze¡¨.
  3. The use of the conjunction ¡§and¡¨ links two verbs together. They should be parallel in structure.
  1. Context
  2. Register
  3. Parallelism
35 A
  1. The use of subjunction, unconditional type 3. It denotes a past unlikely situation.
  2. ¡§No deaths¡¨, ¡§safely housed¡¨ and ¡§to prevent such incident¡¨ goes to the same direction.
  1. Subjunctive
  2. Context
36 D ¡§Premature¡¨ goes with ¡§the outcome of the official investigation¡¨ Context
37 C ¡§In fact¡¨ carries two functions: one is correction; the other is explanation. There are attractions to outside investors leads to many businesses in Shenzhen are foreign owned. The sentence followed Q37 is its explanation.
  1. Discourse marker
  2. Context.
38 D ¡§The lack of building and investment control¡¨ is an attraction to foreign- business. This is also the cause of the blaze. Context
39 A ¡§Exploited to the full¡¨ suggests ¡§selfishly and unfairly for one¡¦s advantage¡¨. This leads to the fire. Cause and effect relationship
40 C The conjunction ¡§as¡¨ is used to introduce the adverb clause of reason. The Shenzhen factory is alleged to have warned foreign companies. Cause and effect relationship
41 B ¡§ Indeed¡¨ is an adverb, to emphasize a statement or a description. To tighten control can the Shenzhen authorities use an excuse.
  1. Cause and effect relationship
  2. Context
42 A It matches the theme: lose nothing by having no principals. Context
43 D
  1. ¡§Through his pocket¡¨ matches with ¡§heavy fines¡¨.
  2. This is a way to force the businessman to observe the law.
  1. Context
  2. Register
44 B
  1. The authorities should not hesitate to impose the companies act.
  2. ¡§Them¡¨ refers to ¡§companies act¡¨.
 1, Context

2. Reference